Op Art: Jesùs Raphael Soto

Jesùs Raphael Soto - Two Volumes 1968 in the Virtual
painted metal, fiberboard and wood

Energy is one of the most striking elements of Soto's work and his experiments with optical effects are representative of some of the most successful of the Op Art-Kinetic Art movements (rogallery).

Venezuelan-born French artist (born 1923, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela—died in 2005, Paris), Jesùs Raphael Soto attached himself to avant-garde modernism immediately after World War II and by the late 1960s had become known as a leader in optical and kinetic art, with works that were remarkable for their illusions of sensory vibrations (Britannica Online Encyclopedia).

(Hirshhorn Museum)